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Yeats and Beckett, Guarding the Irish Coast
The Irish Navy’s small fleet of warships may be named for celebrated poets and playwrights, but its mission is anything…
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News
Climate Change Is Forcing Families Into a New Kind of Indefinite Hell
The August wildfire that roared through the town of Lahaina in Hawaii burned so hot that some of the dead…
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News
Bill Pinkney, Globe-Circling Sailor Who Set a Racial Mark, Dies at 87
He was the first Black person to sail alone by way of the arduous southern route, rounding the perilous Cape…
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News
Atop an Underwater Hot Spring, an ‘Octopus Garden’ Thrives
The heat, a new study suggests, makes for an ideal breeding ground for these eight-legged animals.
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World
The Wind, the Water, the Islands: Exploring Stockholm’s Archipelago
The moment the motor turned off, I was hooked. It was 20 minutes into my first Swedish sailing trip on…
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Health
Scampi Your Mushrooms, Fry Your Cheese and Don’t Flip Your Salmon
A batch of new recipes from Hetty McKinnon and Ali Slagle encourage a bit of cleverness in the kitchen.
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World
On Italy’s Coast, Empathy Mixes With Frustration After Migrant Tragedy
As bodies continue washing up in a poverty-stricken part of Calabria, some local residents wonder whether a hard-line government understands what drives migration.
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Business
Nations Agree on Language for Historic Treaty to Protect Ocean Life
The United Nations agreement is a significant step toward protecting biodiversity under growing threat from climate change, overfishing and mining…
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News
The Biggest Penguin That Ever Existed Was a ‘Monster Bird’
Fossils found in New Zealand highlight an era after the dinosaurs when giant flightless birds prowled the seas for prey.
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Health
Restaurant Review: Le Bernardin Holds On to Its Craft (and Its Four Stars)
When I tell people that the city’s great sushi counters are guardians of a cultural legacy, they usually know what…